QMS 1725E Print System Getting Started ® 1800385-001B Trademarks The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Other product names mentioned in this manual may also be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Registered trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office; some trademarks may also be registered in other countries. QMS and the QMS logo are registered trademarks of QMS, Inc., and Crown, the Crown seal, CrownNet, PS Executive Series, and QUIC are trademarks of QMS, Inc. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated for a page description language and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Throughout this manual, "PostScript Level 2" is used to refer to a set of capabilities defined by Adobe Systems for its PostScript Level 2 page description language. These capabilities, among others, are implemented in this product through a QMS-developed emulation that is compatible with Adobe's PostScript Level 2 language. Adobe/Adobe Systems Incorporated. 3Com, 3+Open/3Com Corporation. AppleTalk, EtherTalk, LaserWriter, LocalTalk, Macintosh, TrueType/Apple Computer, Inc. Banyan, VINES/Banyan. CompuServe/H & R Block. DEC, DECnet, LN03, VMS/Digital Equipment Corporation. Hewlett-Packard, HP, PCL, HP-GL, LaserJet/Hewlett-Packard Co. IBM PC, Token-Ring/ International Business Machines Corporation. Intellifont/Agfa Division, Miles, Inc. Gothic BBB-Medium & Ryumin Light KL/Morisawa and Company, Ltd. Centronics/ Centronics Data Computer Corporation. Microsoft, MS-Windows/Microsoft Corporation. Novell and NetWare/Novell, Inc. The ENERGY STARTM logo/United States Environmental Protection Agency. The ENERGY STAR emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service. UNIX/UNIX Systems Laboratories. Ethernet/ Xerox Corporation. Proprietary Statement The digitally encoded software included with your QMS 1725E Print System is Copyrighted © 1995 by QMS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This software may not be reproduced, modified, displayed, transferred, or copied in any form or in any manner or on any media, in whole or in part, without the express written permission of QMS, Inc. Copyright Notice This manual is Copyrighted © 1995 by QMS, Inc., One Magnum Pass, Mobile, AL 36618. All Rights Reserved. This manual may not be copied in whole or in part, nor transferred to any other media or language, without the express written permission of QMS, Inc. Dear Customer, Although your new QMS printer is the result of the latest and most advanced engineering techniques in the electronic industry, it isn't necessary for you, the user, to understand every detail of the printer's design in order to make it do what you bought it for. But there are some things you'll need to know about your printer, and we've included guidebooks to help you get started. We've designed your user's guide to help you find the information you need as quickly and easily as possible: n n n n n Table of Contents--Use this section as a road map to discover what's in the Getting Started guide. About the Documentation--This section functions as a Welcome Center. It gives you an idea about what's in your Getting Started guide as well as in the other documentation that has accompanied your printer. About This Guide--This section describes the same information as in the table of contents, but in a descriptive format. Headers, Footers, and Tab Dividers--Use these as markers to help you locate the section of the manual you want quickly. Index--The blue pages at the end of each guide will help you find the specific information you need. We hope you enjoy your new QMS printer and find our guides helpful and informative. Your QMS Technical Writer Contents 1 Introduction Introduction .................................................................................. 1-2 About the Printer .......................................................................... 1-2 About the Documentation ........................................................... 1-2 Standard Product Documentation 1-3 Optional Documentation 1-4 Related Documentation 1-5 About This Guide ......................................................................... 1-6 Typographic Conventions 1-7 Printer Features ............................................................................ 1-7 Media Flexibility 1-8 Multiple Resolutions 1-8 Five Resident Emulations 1-8 Resident Fonts and Symbol Sets 1-9 QMS Crown Technology 1-9 Software Loadable System (SLS) 1-12 Remote Console 1-12 PCMCIA Card Slot 1-12 Printer Options 1-13 What's Next? .............................................................................. 1-15 2 Setting Up Your Printer Introduction .................................................................................. 2-2 Finding a Good Location ............................................................ 2-2 Location Requirements 2-2 Power Requirements 2-3 Checking Shipment Contents .................................................... 2-4 Registering the Printer 2-4 Removing Packing Materials ...................................................... 2-5 Removing the Shipping Spacers 2-5 Removing Paper from the Transfer Charge Roller 2-6 Installing the Toner Cartridge .................................................... 2-7 Installing the Paper Cassettes ................................................... 2-9 Attaching the Face-up Tray ...................................................... 2-10 Installing the Media Guide Arm ................................................ 2-11 Connecting the Power Cord ..................................................... 2-12 Turning on the Printer ............................................................... 2-12 Printing a Start-up Page ............................................................ 2-13 Enabling/Disabling the Start-up Page 2-14 Installing Options ...................................................................... 2-15 What's Next? .............................................................................. 2-15 3 Connecting to a PC Introduction .................................................................................. 3-2 ii QMS 1725E Print System Getting Started What You Need ............................................................................. 3-2 Making the Connection ................................................................ 3-3 Testing Communication .............................................................. 3-5 Creating the Test File 3-5 Sending the Test File 3-5 Verifying the Serial Port Setting Changes 3-10 PC Printing Software .................................................................3-10 Installing PS Executive Series Printer Utility Software 3-10 Installing a PostScript Printer Driver 3-11 PC Screen Fonts 3-12 What's Next? ..............................................................................3-12 4 Connecting to an Ethernet Network Introduction .................................................................................. 4-2 Connecting to the Network ......................................................... 4-2 Thin-Wire Ethernet 4-3 Twisted-Pair Ethernet 4-4 Installing the Software ................................................................. 4-4 DOS 4-4 Macintosh System 4-5 OS/2 4-5 UNIX 4-7 Windows 4-9 Configuring the Interface ..........................................................4-10 EtherTalk 4-10 LAN Manager/LAN Server 4-11 NetWare 4-11 TCP/IP 4-13 Configuring the Network ...........................................................4-13 EtherTalk 4-13 LAN Manager/LAN Server 4-14 NetWare 4-17 TCP/IP 4-18 iii If You Have Trouble ................................................................... 4-19 For More Information ................................................................ 4-19 What's Next? .............................................................................. 4-20 5 Control Panel Introduction .................................................................................. 5-2 Control Panel Indicators ............................................................. 5-3 Message Window ......................................................................... 5-4 Control Panel Keys ...................................................................... 5-5 What's Next? ................................................................................ 5-7 A QMS Customer Support Sources of Support .....................................................................A-2 Your QMS Vendor A-2 Your Application Vendor A-2 Q-FAX A-2 The QMS Corporate Bulletin Board System A-3 CompuServe A-3 Internet A-3 QMS Customer Technical Assurance (CTA) A-4 QMS National Service A-5 QMS World-wide Offices .............................................................A-6 B Configuration Menu Configuration Menu .....................................................................B-2 Index L iv QMS 1725E Print System Getting Started 1 Introduction In This Chapter... n n n n About the printer About the documentation About this manual Printer features and user benefits About the Printer About the Printer The QMS 1725E Print System offers the unique QMS Crown multitasking operating system, superior performance, extensive connectivity, upgrade options including duplex printing, and flexible emulation support. In addition, it prints 17 pages per minute (letter/A4 paper size) and is a high-quality 300x300 and 600x600 dpi multiple-resolution desktop printer. About the Documentation The documentation provides a window into the many capabilities of your printer. The more familiar you are with the documentation, the easier it'll be for you to achieve the results you want from your printer. Several pieces of documentation accompany your printer. If you've ordered printer options, you'll have even more manuals. But don't worry--you don't have to read them all before you're able to use your printer. In fact, some of them you may never have to refer to at all, 1-2 QMS 1725E Print System Getting Started About the Documentation depending on the type of documents you print and the environment in which you print them. This section will give you an idea of how we've organized information and which documents you'll probably refer to the most. Standard Product Documentation The following documentation is shipped with your printer: n QMS 1725E Print System Getting Started You're looking at this manual right now. It contains detailed, illustrated instructions to guide you as you unpack and set up your printer and connect it to a host computer. In addition, it introduces you to the printer's control panel. The "About This Manual" section later in this chapter details the contents of this manual. n QMS 1725E Print System Operation This manual guides you through the day-to-day operation of your printer. It includes information on replacing print media and toner, using advanced printing features, handling and cleaning your printer, improving print quality, and troubleshooting printer problems. n QMS 1725E Print System Reference This manual provides information you may need only once in a while, such as information on typefaces and fonts, the control panel menu, memory, job modes, the PS protocol option, HP-GL color encoding, and installing and using printer options. This manual also provides technical specifications, a list of printersupported QMS Document Option Commands (DOC), character tables, and a glossary of frequently used terms. n QMS CrownNet Interface System Administrator's Guide This manual guides you through the Network 2 menu used in configuring the Ethernet interface. You will also find the information you need for using the CrownAdmin and CrownNet Manager software here. Introduction 1-3 About the Documentation n QMS Crown Network Notes Refer to this manual for tips on using your QMS 1725E Print System if you're connecting to a network. It discusses 3Com 3+Open, Banyan VINES, LAN Manager-based LANs, Novell NetWare, TCP/IP, UNIX, and VMS/DECnet. In most cases, only advanced network users and system administrators need this information. This manual is provided on disk in encapsulated PostScript (EPS) form. Refer to the README file on the disk for information on printing a hard copy of the manual. n n QMS Crown Remote Console User's Guide For network administrators using the printer's Remote Console feature, this manual provides information and instruction on how to control and monitor printer functions through network communications. QMS Crown Technical Reference Manual This manual provides advanced technical information, including information on communication protocols and printer emulations. In most cases, only advanced users and system administrators need to access this information. This manual is provided on disk in encapsulated PostScript (EPS) form. Refer to t ...